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We have our planes parked over at KMHR because it’s nice and quiet with minimal commercial traffic… the runway orientation wasn’t ideal last...
Out here for a few days flying recent weather events and looking to see if anyone is in the area with a Ferrari and could swing by Mather field on...
things have been very busy with work so haven’t been checking here much or fiddling with car… after taking a look at things this evening with 101...
Car came with a Bentley manual and I bought the 101 projects book a couple weeks ago so I’m very well equipped to get in over my head with stuff....
The guy I bought it from is a pilot I work with so it’s nice to be able to just ask him stuff about it as questions come up… a few years ago he...
Cross posted with Silver….Been away from FChat for a bit as work and life keeps me busy. Been wanting another sports car for a while and an...
It’s pretty amazing the things that can be done if you add enough fuel tanks. Back in the early days of the C-130 there were a few 24 hour plus...
They are all joint use and it can be a big pain to get out of there if there is a lot of commercial traffic as it’s hard to get any faster...
I would differ on the AETC mishaps being rare, dunno the statistics compared to other MAJCOMs but there are plenty of incidents that come to mind...
Seychelles is fun like that if you are flying down the Red Sea and then around the Horn of Africa. During the final stages of the flight the only...
You really should listen to The Afterburn Podcast episodes 16 & 17 which has the pilot of a California ANG chinook pilot who rescued over 100...
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Carrier landings can/have been highly automated (“magic carpet” system) and the newer F-18 variants can more or less fly themselves through it....
It seems like the only thing the F-18 doesn’t do nowadays is COD... but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time until they put some really big cargo...
I spent 40 hours this month flying big patterns over the Pacific off the west coast including in the area the Navy encounters happened and was...
Sometime I will have to post a few of my other pics... I carry a monkey mask on every flight so I can take a pic with anyone who falls asleep....
All the Buoys got names and pics.... David Buoy, Jim Buoy, Buoyonce, Chef Buoy-Ar-Dee, etc
Yeah... it’s a whole thing with NOAA and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at UCSD.
Flying formation it was something to be cognizant of, particularly when slow and close like during an airdrop.
The parachute rigging is secured to the pallet with salt blocks that dissolve in the water. Then wave action just sorta separates it all. There...
